When I was in middle school, I had this giant eyeshadow palette with every color in the rainbow in every shade you could imagine. I used to get so creative with it and do rainbows on my eyelids. I never blended, I never tried anything that looked 'good,' I just wanted to have fun with it. I did! Make up was so much fun to me back then, I loved to think of different designs and ideas to do. I dropped out of this around the age of 15, but I recently picked up my old hobby.
When I was in high school, I didn't wear make up for many reasons. The first being that I was very lazy, the second being that I wasn't good at it, and the third being that I thought I was beautiful without it. I was! And I still am. I was always told by celebrities online that you don't need make up to be beautiful. They are so right, no one needs make up to be beautiful. Everyone is so beautiful with or without powder slapped all over their face. But now, as a person that wears make up everyday, I understand why people do it.
In high school, I was an avid participant in my theatre department. I let all my creative juices flow and I lived for the stage. When I graduated, I stopped. There aren't as many opportunities for college kids to do theatre like there are for high school kids to do theatre. The talent level is much higher and there is just a lack of roles for their age group. Leaving theatre made me lose the most creative thing I did. When I rediscovered make up, I felt like the same person on stage. I was seeing what worked for me and finding out how to do things all over again. Make up is one of the most creative ways I spend my time. I love picking up a new palette and swatching them and then comparing them to my other palettes. I don't mind spending a ton of money on make up because I enjoy doing it. When I get a new Kylie Lip Kit in the mail, I feel like a little girl on Christmas morning.
Teaching little girls that people wear make up because they are objectified by men is wrong. People wear make up because they like it. The opposite is true also, though. Teaching little girls that wearing make up is the only way people will like them is very wrong. First of all, you should never tell little girls that they aren't 'pretty enough,' it statistically shows mental health issues later in life and lowers their self-worth. Second, make up should be discovered because the child has interest in it. Not because they are 'at the age' they have to start wearing it.
A child should be able to feel amazing when they discover make up, they should be able to pick up a mascara wand and feel powerful. They can change the way they look just with a flick of their wrist. Or, a child may hate it. They may put on lipstick and immediately wipe it off. But thats okay, because no one should e forced to wear it. Make up is not a tool to make men fall in love with you. Make up is creativity. It reflects mood and it is never the same twice. I don't wear make up because I'm insecure about who I am or because I want boys to like me, I wear make up because I am creative and because I love it. I may not be the best at eyeliner and I may not know how to contour very well, but I do what I can because I love applying highlighter and I love liquid lipsticks. Make up does not make people fake or a whore, make up makes people happy.
